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18 May, 2025
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KL Rahul slams his 5th century in IPL: Key stats
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Delhi Capitals batter KL Rahul slammed a fine hundred versus Gujarat Titans in Match 60 of the IPL 2025 season on Sunday at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Rahul opened for DC alongside Faf du Plessis. DC were 16/1 when Abishek Porel joined Rahul and the two added 90 runs for the 2nd wicket. Rahul then added 45 runs alongside skipper Axar Patel. DC scored 45 runs in the powerplay and Rahul hammered 36 of those runs from 23 balls. In the 10th over, Rahul got to his fifty from 35 balls with a four. He hit another four in that over bowled by Rashid Khan. Rahul then smashed Kagiso Rabada for a six. He creamed Sai Kishore for three fours (14th over). Rahul got to 90 in the 17th over with a four off Prasidh Krishna's bowling. In the 18th over, he faced two balls and scored two singles. Rahul completed his century in the 19th over of DC's innings. Earlier during his knock, Rahul achieved a significant milestone by surpassing 8,000 runs in T20 cricket. Rahul attained this feat with his 33rd run. Rahul reached 8,000 T20 runs in his 237th match (224 innings). Rahul became the sixth Indian batter to surpass the 8,000-run mark in T20s. He joined the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, and Suryakumar Yadav. Rahul became the fastest to 8,000 runs in T20s (by innings). As mentioned, he attained the mark in his 224th inning. Here are fastest batters to 8,000 runs in T20s (by innings). 213 - Chris Gayle 218 - Babar Azam 224 - KL Rahul* 243 - Virat Kohli 244 - Mohammad Rizwan
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